Amnesty Calls For Investigation of Bush, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Gonzales
Corporate Crime Reporter
May 25, 2005

Amnesty International today called on foreign governments to “uphold their obligations under international law” and investigate at least one dozen current and former U.S. officials - including President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former CIA Director George Tenet - all implicated in the development or implementation of interrogation techniques that constitute torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.

“While the U.S. government has failed to conduct a genuinely independent and comprehensive investigation, the officials implicated in these crimes are nonetheless subject to investigation and possible arrest by other nations while traveling abroad,” the human rights group said.

Those implicated include “government lawyers who advocated or approved setting aside critical protections against torture or recommended interrogation methods that constitute torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as well as military officers who implemented those decisions.”

While the U.S. bears primary responsibility for investigating these acts, Amnesty International said that it found that more than 125 countries have laws permitting investigation of serious crimes committed outside their borders.

“Tolerance for torture and ill-treatment, signaled by a failure to investigate and prosecute those responsible, is the most effective encouragement for it to spread and grow,” said William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA. “Like a virus, the techniques used by the United States will multiply and spread unless those who plotted their use are held accountable.

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